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Dynamic systems and the evolution of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Lakshmi J. Gogate
Lakshmi J. Gogate*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry 1203, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY11203
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Abstract:

Locke & Bogin (L&B) suggest that theoretical principles of ontogenetic development apply to language evolution. If this is the case, then evolutionary theory should utilize epigenetic theories of development to theorize, model, and elucidate the evolution of language wherever possible. In this commentary, I evoke principles of dynamic systems theory to evaluate the evolutionary phenomena presented in the target article.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 286 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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